This Month's Tax Tips and News

The Making Tax Digital (MTD) pilot has been opened up to all businesses that will be mandated from April 2019 (i.e., the first VAT accounting period starting on or after 1 April 2019) to use compatible software to submit information directly to HMRC.…

For accounting purposes, cash transactions between a director and a personal or family company are recorded through the director's account. At the end of an accounting period, if the director owes the company money (i.e. the account is considered …

The government's Gift Aid scheme aims to maximise the value of donations made charities whilst allowing most UK taxpayers to benefit from tax relief on the gift. Since the scheme allows payments to be related to a previous year, …

Q. I recently sold my main residence and down-sized to a smaller property. Unfortunately, because of current economic conditions, the sale price of the house was £30,000 less than I originally paid for it many years ago. Can I offset this …